What kind of normal person names themselves Rotten Salted Fish?

The next day.

Good news never leaves the house, but bad news travels a thousand miles; Ma Xiaotao's "generous confession" from last night had already spread throughout the entire Shrek Academy. Because of this, he was saddled with labels like "a pretty boy living off a woman" and "clinging to a rich older sister," and the boys in his class looked at him with even more disdain.

Trying his best to ignore the lethal gazes from those around him and feigning an air of indifference, Huo Yuhao walked into the teaching building with a slightly stiff gait.

What Huo Yuhao didn't expect was to run into two people he never imagined he would see on his way.

One had strange powder-blue hair, and the other sported a hairstyle that looked like dog ears with black hair. They were blocking the stairwell, staring at Huo Yuhao with burning gazes; the one with the dog-ear hairstyle, in particular, looked so intense it was as if he wanted to devour him.

Looking at Huo Yuhao, who couldn't hide his handsomeness even in the standard school uniform, a more intense sense of possessiveness surged up for no reason. Wang Dong had to admit that she regretted it just a little bit.

Unlike herself, he was a genuine, authentic handsome guy. It would be pleasing to the eyes to have him in her dorm and look at him every day...

It was indeed wrong to have a conflict with him just because her brain had overheated that day.

Huo Yuhao's expression was strange. It was one thing for a girl to come looking for him, but why were there boys too?

"That..." Wang Dong stepped forward first, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, her voice sounding a bit nervous. "Sorry, classmate Huo Yuhao. It was my fault in the dorm that day. I shouldn't have said such... such annoying things. I apologize to you."

Huo Yuhao blinked twice. "Are you Dong... Dong what again?"

Heaven is his witness, because his mind was filled with Electrolux's warnings to stay away from this person, and he was still angry at the time, he had truly forgotten what this cross-dressing guy was called.

Wang Dong's face stiffened. No way, he actually didn't remember my name?!

"You... I, I am Wang Dong. Let's have a formal introduction; I'm a student in Freshman Class One." She then extended her hand in a friendly gesture, just as Huo Yuhao had done when they first met.

A mocking curve appeared on Huo Yuhao's face, and he moved half a step to the right without a sound.

Sorry, men and women should not touch.

"So, does classmate Wang Dong have something to ask of me?"

Wang Dong lowered her hand with some regret. Right, why did she come over?

To get his forgiveness and move back into the same dorm to live together?

But Lan Xuanyu was also quite to his taste... Why were Shrek dorms doubles instead of triples? If they were, couldn't the three of them live together?

To make friends with him? That topic was too lame...

"Ah, ah, oh right, classmate Huo Yuhao, are you interested in joining our sect?"

"?"

Huo Yuhao hadn't expected Wang Dong to suddenly steer the conversation in this direction.

"Sorry, classmate Wang... Dong, I have no intention of joining any sect for the time being." He then lifted his foot to leave. "If there's nothing else, I'm going back to the classroom for lessons."

Lan Xuanyu, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, struggled for a moment before stepping past Wang Dong to block Huo Yuhao, staring straight at his face.

This face was also wrong!

Huo Yuhao's appearance was indeed excellent, but the genes of the Dai and Huo families were ultimately no match for the god-level heritage of the Tang family. Therefore, purely in terms of looks, Huo Yuhao was inferior to Tang Wulin and his own past life.

But now, this face of Huo Yuhao's... was even better than his own in his past life!

What was going on? He had to ask clearly today!

"Hello, classmate Huo Yuhao, my name is... Lan Xuanyu."

He had always suspected that his uncle-in-law, Huo Yuhao—who had fled before the Great God Circle and the Dragon God Realm were destroyed—was a reincarnator like him. But after observing him just now, he found that this Huo Yuhao's behavior was almost completely different from the one he knew, which left him extremely confused.

Especially his attitude toward Aunt Tang Wutong... Wang Dong.

Although in the time they lived, Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong were already estranged as a married couple, they could at least maintain the facade of a loving couple. But now, Huo Yuhao seemed not to know Wang Dong at all.

What was going on?

After thinking it over, rather than being suspicious and guessing there, it was better to get straight to the point and ask for clarity.

Although he no longer had the Dragon God bloodline, Lan Xuanyu still insisted on practicing the god-level technique passed down by his grandfather, the

Mysterious Heaven Technique

, every day. In particular, he practiced the Purple Demon Eye daily without the slightest slack.

Even though the growth was slow, there had been quite a bit of progress over time, and he had almost reached the Spirit Sea Realm.

As long as there was the slightest unnatural fluctuation in Huo Yuhao's eyes or spiritual power, he would be able to see it clearly.

If he was also a reincarnator, then he would have a reason to follow him, or even contact his grandfather in the God Realm to provide him with help—ideally, to directly obtain the Golden Dragon King's bloodline.

Lan Xuanyu had already thought it through. He didn't need the core of the Golden Dragon King; he only needed a few drops of the Golden Dragon King's essence blood. With that as capital, he could go to the Star Dou Great Forest to find his mother, which would make his path ahead much easier.

Although he might have to take in a father younger than himself, for the sake of the Tang family's future, he could barely endure such suffering.

"...?"

Huo Yuhao's expression turned awkward.

Rotten Salted Fish? No, what kind of parents would give their child a name like that?

Actually, one couldn't blame Huo Yuhao. The reincarnated Lan Xuanyu was born in the Douling Empire, where the accent was somewhat different from the Star Luo Empire. Moreover, Lan Xuanyu himself spoke in a somewhat slurred manner, so Huo Yuhao heard "Lan Xuanyu" as "Rotten Salted Fish."

After hesitating for a moment, Huo Yuhao said with a strange expression, "Hello, classmate Rotten... Rotten Salted Fish, is there something you need from me?"

Huo Yuhao couldn't hear Lan Xuanyu clearly, but Lan Xuanyu could hear Huo Yuhao perfectly!

He immediately emphasized, "My name is Lan Xuanyu, not Rotten Salted Fish!"

Huo Yuhao's expression became even stranger. "Lan Salted Fish?"

"It's Lan Xuanyu! Not Lan Salted Fish!"

Much like a foreigner arguing with a local over an accent, Huo Yuhao and Lan Xuanyu were locked in a dispute over the name "Lan Salted Fish."

The corners of Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched in speechlessness. "So, Student Lan Salted Fish, what exactly do you want with me?"

Lan Xuanyu was about to lose his mind, snapping back, "It's not Lan Salted Fish! It's Lan Xuanyu! Lan Xuanyu!"

"Fine, fine, fine. What exactly do you want with me, student?"

Lan Xuanyu asked with a complex expression, "Do you... really not recognize me?"

Who the hell are you?

Huo Yuhao was completely numb. First, a superstitious girl cross-dressing as a boy with a princess complex, and now this insufferable guy running over to ask if he recognized him—why were there so many weirdos at Shrek Academy? He retorted unhappily, "Should I know you?"

Lan Xuanyu was taken aback. "Do you really not recognize me?"

Huo Yuhao impatiently pushed him aside. "I said I don't know you! Please don't block my path; I have a class to get to."